Australian Film
Aussie! Aussie! Aussie! Here we have collected all things ocker, be they movies or television. You'll find Nicole Kidman rubbing shoulders with Norman Gunston, and Judy Davis with Yahoo Serious. There's Crocodile Dundee, Barry McKenzie, Mad Max, and Kath and Kim. Drama, comedy, romance and thrillers, if it's got Bryan Brown or Jack Thompson in it, chances are this is where you'll find it!
Right: Dame Edna Everidge.
Bliss (1985)
7/10
Director: Ray Lawrence
Starring: Lynette Curran, Barry Otto, Helen Jones
Noticed by its absence for a number of years, this outrageous and daring Australian film stars Barry Otto as Harry Joy, a wistful Sydney advertising m... Read more
Mad Max Beyond Thunderdome (1985)
6.3/10
Director: George Miller, George Ogilvie
Starring: Mel Gibson, Tina Turner, Angelo Rossitto
The third in the 'Mad Max' Trilogy pits Max (Mel Gibson) against the sadistic Aunty Entity (Tina Turner) while he leads a tribe of wild children to th... Read more
Fast Talking (1984)
6.9/10
Director: Ken Cameron
Starring: Rod Zuanic
A bright young teenager from a broken home uses his quick wits and glib tongue to get out of trouble - but they also get him into it. Read more
The Slim Dusty Movie (1984)
7.5/10
Director: Rob Stewart
Starring: Slim Dusty, Joy McKean, Jon Blake, Anne Kirkpatrick
Filmed over 20,000 kms in a variety of frontier towns, truck stops, highways, bush tracks, rodeo arenas and concert halls, combining nostalgic histori... Read more
An Indecent Obsession (1984)
6.7/10
Director: Lex Marinos
Starring: Wendy Hughes, Gary Sweet, Richard Moir, Bill Hunter
Wendy Hughes stars in this story of feverish passion and jealousy set at the end of World War II. Sister Honour Langtry (Hughes) is a warm, sensitive... Read more
The Wild Duck (1984)
6.3/10
Director: Henri Safran
Starring: Liv Ullmann, Jeremy Irons, John Meillon, Lucinda Jones
Director Henri Safran adapts Henrik Ibsen's timeless play to an Australian setting and a turn-of-the-century ambience in this poignant story of an ill... Read more
Razorback (1984)
6/10
Director: Russell Mulcahy
Starring: Gregory Harrison, Bill Kerr, Chris Haywood, David Argue, Judy Morris
Somewhere deep in the Australian outback there's a marauding, indestructible creature that can rip a man in half and destroy a homestead in seconds! W... Read more
Razorback (Blu-ray) (1984)
6/10
Director: Russell Mulcahy
Starring: Bill Kerr, Chris Haywood, David Argue, Gregory Harrison, Judy Morris
Somewhere deep in the Australian outback there's a marauding, indestructible creature that can rip a man in half and destroy a homestead in seconds! W... Read more
Where The Green Ants Dream (1984)
7.1/10
Director: Werner Herzog
Starring: Bruce Spence, Roy Marika, Wandjuk Marika
Another fascinating . . sometimes maddening chapter in director Werner Herzog's continuing obsession with the fate of the earth and the fate of himsel... Read more
BMX Bandits (1983)
5.4/10
Director: Brian Trenchard-Smith
Starring: David Argue, Nicole Kidman
The wheel spinning adventures of three teenagers get complicated when they discover a box of stolen walkie-talkies left behind by a gang of bank robbe... Read more